San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
May 23, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1971 at Astrodome. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 7, Houston Astros 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 1 3 3
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 1 0 1
Healy c 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Gallagher 3b 2 2 1 1
Rosario cf 3 1 0 0
Bryant p 4 1 1 1
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 8 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 2 0
Alou rf 5 1 2 0
Watson lf 5 0 2 0
Wynn cf 4 0 1 1
Rader 3b 4 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 3 2 1 0
Hiatt c 3 0 1 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 1 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Menke ph 1 0 1 1
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 2
San Francisco 022 120 000781
Houston 110 100 0104121
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant  W (5-1) 8.0 12 4 3 2 5
  Johnson  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (0-5) 2.0 6 4 3 3 0
  Ray   4.0 2 3 3 2 3
  Lemaster   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Culver   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
6
5

  E–Speier (8), Wynn (1).  DP–San Francisco 2, Houston 1.  PB–Healy (1).  2B–San Francisco Bryant (1,off Griffin); Bonds (10,off Ray), Houston Alou (6,off Bryant).  3B–San Francisco Bonds (2,off Griffin), Houston Mayberry (1,off Bryant).  SH–Fuentes (3,off Ray).  SF–Gallagher (1,off Ray).  HBP–Speier (2,by Ray).  SB–Bonds (8,2nd base off Ray/Hiatt).  WP–Griffin (2).  BK–Bryant (1), Ray (1).  HBP–Ray (2,Speier).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:43.  A–23,692.
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